Hayv Kahraman (born 1981) is an Iraqi artist and painter. Her works reflect the controversial issues of gender, honor killings and war, all issues that plague her home country of Iraq. Hayv now currently lives and works in Phoenix, AZ, United States
Born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1981, and moved to Sweden at the age of 11. She began oil painting at the age of 12 and later had several successful exhibitions in Sweden.
Kahraman soon after moved to Italy and graduated from the Accademia di arte e design di Firenze in Florence with graphic design in 2005, on the same year she also won first place in a poster competition from Carnival of Ivrea in Ivrea, Italy. In 2006, she went on to study web design at the University of Umea in Umea, Sweden.
Kahraman's artwork depict the effects of war, and how they affect women. Her wide stylistic references range from Japanese and Arabic calligraphy art nouveau, Persian miniature and Greek iconography.
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